Red Lion Beefeater Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was gorgeous, I had a mix grill which was beautifully cooked."
• "Food is always delicious."
• "Food very tasty, both had lasagne, both commented it was the best we had tasted in a long while."
• "Food was lovely to be fair, just needed a 2nd run. Dessert was fantastic."
• "Food was delicious and my steak was cooked to perfection."
• "The food was great especially the chocolate bomb."
• "Food was amazing. I had the smothered chicken and my other half got the mixed grill. All cooked to perfection and tasted lovely."

Cons:

• "No beer, no pool table and IVY in the toilet!"
• "Loaded fries with 'cheese sauce' as an extra upgrade ended up being a cold mayonnaise cheese type thing squirted on the top."
• "Ordered a fillet steak medium. Received a sirloin cut overcooked."
• "Ordered the beef and ale pie which was delicious but it was served with hard garden peas and mashed potatoes that looked and tasted like they were yesterdays!"
• "Meal portions were remarkably small. Some items from the menu were unavailable, resulting in little choice."
• "Food took an hour to arrive, not as described on menu."
• "The food wasn’t very hot though and the steak was very grisly and a 3rd of mine was fat and gristle that i couldn’t cut through."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff are very friendly and can't do enough for you."
• "Visited the Red Lion today it was my wife’s 86 Birthday absolutely fantastic evening, Sophie G 5822 served us and looked after us during our meal very helpful and professional nothing was too much trouble for her."
• "Fantastic service, both for evening meal and breakfast."
• "The staff were very friendly and professional."
• "Staff were very welcoming and orders were taken without delay."
• "Service was excellent considering there was only one member of staff serving, he was welcoming and attentive."
• "The staff were welcoming, friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "Waitress asked if we had booked which we hadn't but since the place was empty and the biggest pub in Bispham it didn't seem a problem. Alas it was a problem cause the woman was very rude and wouldn't even consider us."
• "Took around 15 mins to bring our drinks and 45 mins to bring our food even though they were not too busy."
• "Waiting time for food was extremely long."
• "Monday night and it is extremely quiet but there is still a 45 minute wait on the food."
• "Even on a quiet Sunday night service took forever."
• "Waited 40 mins for someone to take my breakfast order."
• "Service was pleasant but pretty slow."

Atmosphere & Facilities

Pros:

• "Lovely little restaurant with plenty of choice."
• "We always eat here when staying at the Premier Inn."
• "The pub has COVID measures which aren't too confusing nor irritating."
• "Huge car park outside and it looked a massive building. Easy access even for people with mobility problems."
• "A great pub for food and drinks! They have outdoor play area facilities for younger children."
• "Really nice place. Play area for the kids outside."
• "Like the last Beefeater we visited the place was very tidy. Also nice and warm despite the freezing temperatures outside."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is in need of a refurbishment as the chairs were dirty and the carpet a trip hazard."
• "Also there was a group of adults with several children who were throwing themselves around and climbing on the furniture... the adults were doing nothing I would expected the staff to tell the children to stop climbing on the furniture yet they saw it and did nothing."
• "Pretty average, don't expect wonderful things."
• "Not dog friendly food overpriced and not that good, sat outside and people who were not customers were also sat outside using the facilities and rowdy."
• "Placed next to rowdy, drunk ground - had to ask twice to move after unpleasant experience with them."
• "Food was so so no atmosphere at all got put in the pub area wasn’t even decorated table had five crackers on it not even decorated the tables nice at £62 a head wouldn’t be coming again only thing I can say possitivley was the girl serving us was very nice."
• "Waitress was ignorant and snappy. Seen better manners in a crack den."